Manufacture and characterization of high activity piezoelectric fibres

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-301

  Bowen, C R ^a   Stevens, R ^a   Nelson, L J ^a   Dent, A C ^a   Dolman, G ^b   Su, B ^b   Button, T W ^b   Cain, M G ^c   Stewart, M ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE COMPOSITION; PLASTICS;

LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PZT) FIBRES; PIEZOELECTRIC FIBRES; VISCOUS PLASTIC PROCESSING (VPP);

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33645094650     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/15/2/008     Document Type: Article

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